1. EQ: How does a mandala tell the story of its creator?

2. Unit Standards: VA.1.1 Subjects/Themes The learner will be able to use imagination and immediate environment, including family, home, and surroundings, as sources for ideas. VA.1.3 Creative Expression Through Art The learner will be able to create drawings and paintings emphasizing one or more art elements (e.g., color, line, shape, and form) and the principle of repetition (pattern).

4. EQ: How can artists create a cool picture of a tree using mixed media art?

5. Unit Standards: linesoutlines and edgesVA.1.8 Line -TSW identify lines as outlines and edges in shapes and forms drawingsmixed media art color, line, and texture.VA.1.3 Creative Expression Through Art TSW create artworks using drawings and mixed media art emphasizing the art elements of color, line, and texture. environmentVA.1.1 Subjects/Themes -TSW use their imaginations and the environment including their families and homes as source of ideas

8. Unit Standards VA.1.10 Shape & Form The learner will be able to identify shapes as flat and forms as not flat. VA.1.12 Texture The learner will be able to differentiate textures by sight and by touch.

11. Unit Standards VA.1.4 Three-Dimensional Qualities TSW be able to uses a variety of art materials and techniques to model, construct, and compose original artworks. VA.1.10 Shape & Form TSW be able to identify shapes as flat and forms as not flat.

14. Unit Standards VA.1.1 Subjects/Themes TSW be able to use imagination as sources for ideas. VA.1.8 Line TSW be able to identify lines as outlines or edges of shapes and forms. VA.1.12 Texture TSW be able to differentiate textures by sight and by touch.

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